Cordell Hull Building encourages a healthy lifestyle

Why the Department of Health would give up the Cordell Hull Building location is a mystery. Cordell Hull is near the bus station, stores, post office, restaurants and other state properties.

It's old, yet, the complex offers an employee clinic, fitness room, greenspace, cafeteria and bathroom with shower. All features encouraging wellness. State office reorganization should not cram as many employees together as possible. It should evolve workplaces to efficiently conduct government business and compete with the private sector for the best employees.

Healthy design is not in the rush, hack-job office shuffle. This is an opportunity to renovate right. However, blueprints show little consideration for health. No indication of exercise areas, plans for pedestrian safety, healthy food options or green spaces.

It is good to know citizens probably will save Cordell Hull's architecture. Hopefully, the Department of Health will return to a renovated Cordell Hull as an example of how to design for a healthy, productive, and invigorated workforce.

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Cordell Hull Building encourages a healthy lifestyle

Why the Department of Health would give up the Cordell Hull Building location is a mystery. Cordell Hull is near the bus station, stores, post office, restaurants and other state properties.